DHIS2 Newsletter - October 2025 Highlights

The October 2025 edition of the DHIS2 Highlights newsletter is now available!

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:newspaper: NEWS

  • Investors and partners show support for DHIS2 at our 2025 Investor Meeting Global partners met to discuss sustaining the DHIS2 platform and national LMIC systems amidst the current funding crisis :money_bag:, calling for long-term support for DHIS2 as a digital public good .
  • Partnering with UNFPA on reproductive, maternal and child health & WHO on cancer data Collaborations are expanding! DHIS2 is working with WHO to include cancer data :microscope: and partnering with UNFPA & WHO to strengthen accountability for RMNCAH (Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, and Adolescent Health).
  • Join our webinar on DHIS2 Climate & Health Tools for immunization programmes Register for the Gavi-supported webinar on 29 October at 13:00 CET to explore climate tools for immunization planning :syringe:.
  • Climate & Health updates: Pilot country videos and new resource on digital tools for climate resilience Check out new resources including videos :video_camera: from pilot countries and DHIS2’s feature in the Global Goods Guidebook Climate Services for Health Annex .

:man_technologist: DEVELOPERS & COMMUNITY

  • Join us to discuss using AI tools with DHIS2 Attend the Developer Community meetup on 9 October at 11:00 CET to discuss AI Tools for DHIS2 Development :robot:. The session includes a presentation and an Open Mic for sharing your own AI use cases.
  • Recording: App Platform Updates The recording from last month’s Developer Meetup, which covered the CLI revamp, Vite config features, and Tailwind CSS integration, is now available on YouTube :television:.
  • Community members share their thoughts on DHIS2 Watch the latest “What Does DHIS2 Mean to You” videos featuring users discussing HIV/logistics (Equatorial Guinea :equatorial_guinea:), reducing stock-outs (Comoros :comoros:), and supporting NTD programs .
  • CoP Monthly: Keeping busy in October! Check out the latest Community of Practice monthly update to stay connected :people_holding_hands:.

:package: LOGISTICS

  • New in DHIS2 for Logistics: mSuppy collaboration, Academy in Kigali, and upcoming online meetup HISP Centre & mSupply Foundation are partnering to strengthen supply chains :handshake:. Join the first online LMIS & Supply Chain meetup on 14 October . Registration is open for the End-to-End Supply Chain Academy in Kigali :rwanda:.

:globe_showing_europe_africa: DHIS2 news & HISP activity roundup

  • HISP Highlights: HISP Ethiopia contributed to the African Climate Summit :ethiopia:. South Sudan :south_sudan: launched an Oral Cholera Vaccine Dashboard . Tanzania :tanzania: is piloting a new Electronic Immunization Registry . Data Entry & Analytics Training was facilitated for 5 Caribbean countries in St. Lucia :st_lucia:.

:writing_hand: ACADEMIC SUBMISSIONS

  • Last chance! Submit papers for the special DHIS2-themed issue of SSM - Health Systems The final deadline for contributions to the DHIS2-focused journal issue is October 31st :date:.

:gear: TECHNOLOGY

  • Find resources on DHIS2 for Health Campaigns on our new webpage DHIS2 is featured in the Unicef Digital Tool Guidebook for Health Campaigns. A new webpage provides guidance and downloadable tools for campaign planning and evaluation :clipboard:.
  • Learn how you can explore the DHIS2 software roadmap & share your ideas with us! A new CoP post explains how to view the official software roadmap and submit your feature ideas :light_bulb: to the DHIS2 team.
  • Slideshow autoplay now available in Dashboards App v101.4.0 The latest Dashboards App version adds new functionality to set your dashboard to present items as an automatic slideshow :fast_forward_button:.
  • DHIS2 software updates & patch releases Keep your software updated with the latest releases: v42.2 , v41.5.1 (Hotfix), and v40.9 .

:graduation_cap: ACADEMIES & EVENTS

  • DHIS2 Asia-Pacific Conference 2025 Last chance to register for the conference in Bali, Indonesia, 15-17 October :airplane:.
  • Academy on End-to-End Supply Chain Management with DHIS2 and mSupply Join the hands-on Academy in Kigali, Rwanda :rwanda:, from 10-15 November :spiral_calendar:.
  • Tracker Configuration Fundamentals Academy Register for this Academy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia :ethiopia:, from 24-28 November to master tracker program configuration.
  • Pour la CommunautĂ© francophone
    • AcadĂ©mie DHIS2 sur l’administration serveur: Master server installation and maintenance in LomĂ©, Togo :togo:, from 20-24 October .
    • AcadĂ©mie DHIS2 sur les Principes de base de la saisie et de l’analyse des donnĂ©es du Tracker: Learn individual data analysis in Kinshasa, DRC :congo_kinshasa:, from 24-29 November .